Michael Fox Movies

Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) and Medavoy (Gordon Clapp) pose as Hassidic Jews in hopes of nabbing a gang specializing in stealing Torahs. Though Lt. Fancy (James McDaniel) doesn't like the way Det. Morrissey (Conor O'Farrell) is handling a case involving several seemingly random stabbings, Fancy can't help but notice that Morrissey is getting positive results. And speaking of "positive," that's the same verdict reached in Sylvia's (Sharon Lawrence) pregnancy test. Meanwhile, Martinez (Nicholas Turturro) continues to recover from his gunshot wounds. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

An incompetent ER doctor (Michael Durrell) panics under pressure, causing the death of a heart attack victim. Though she knows what really happened, nurse Margaret Alldred (Margaret Ladd) is pressured by the doctor and her boss to help them cover up the details of the tragedy--intimating that she will be blacklisted from the medical profession if she doesn't cooperate. In desperation, Margaret turns to an old family friend for help and advice...an old family friend named Quincy (Jack Klugman). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Squad 51 paramedics Roy (Kevin Tighe) and John (Randolph Mantooth) don't quite know what to do with a large inheritance they've received from a former patient--until the IRS tells them exactly what do. On a more serious note, the emegency team must deal with a hard-driving stockbroker (Warren Berlinger) who insists he has no time to be treated for a possible heart attack. Elsewhere, a child is trapped in a car surrounded by high-power wires; and a teenager comes to grief during a hamburger-eating contest. Marion Ross makes a brief, pre-Happy Days appearance in this episode. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Hogan must determine the location of several bridges that have been booby-trapped by the Nazis. Failing that, he must hijack a truck loaded with dynamite -- which, thanks to an unusually resourceful Hochstetter, keeps vanishing from its predetermined route. The supporting cast includes Michael Fox as Berger and Lyn Peters as Elsa. Written by Laurence Marks, "It's Dynamite" made its first network appearance on November 22, 1970. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Seven in Darkness has the distinction of being the first made-for-TV "ABC Movie of the Week." The "seven" are all blind people, passengers on a flight en route to a convention for the visually impaired. The plane crashes, forcing the sightless seven to struggle for survival in the hostile wilderness. Arthur O'Connell is given "special guest star" billing, a reliable tip-off as to which of the seven dies first. The rest of the party includes Dina Merrill, Barry Nelson, Sean Garrison, Milton Berle, Alejandro Rey and Lesley Ann Warren. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Hogan manages to get hold of a book containing the Luftwaffe's secret code. Alas, Newkirk accidentally drops the book into the Stalag 13 well. Hogan's efforts to retrieve the book are stymied by the fact that the well is filling rapidly with freezing-cold water. Will Klink unwittingly provide Hogan with the solution to the problem -- again? Written by series fixture Laurence Marks, "The Well" originally aired on October 3, 1969. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Film star Lylah Clare is dead, but her legend lives on. Movie-producer Barney Sheean (Ernest Borgnine) hires Elsa Brinkmann (Kim Novak), the living image of the late Lylah, to star in a film based on Ms. Clare's life. Barney hires director Lewis Zarkan (Peter Finch), Lylah's former husband, to transform the talentless Elsa into a facsimile of the deceased screen queen. Elsa not only learns to imitate Lylah but, at crucial junctures, becomes the dead woman. While restaging the accident that killed Lylah, the obsessed Zarkan deliberately drives Elsa to her doom -- and in so doing reveals his complicity in the death of his wife. The film ends with Lylah's onetime housekeeper (Rosella Falk), gun in hand, lying in wait for Zarkan to return home while her TV blasts forth a grotesque (and possibly symbolic) dog-food commercial. A trash masterpiece, Legend of Lylah Claire works so hard at vilifying the Old Hollywood (there's even a vicious Hedda Hopper caricature) that it's a wonder the actors could keep a straight face. The film was based on a 1962 Dupont Show of the Week TV drama co-written by Wild in the Streets creator Robert Thom. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Communist agent Stephan Gomalk (Michael Strong) intends to take control of the small European democracy ruled by his "friend", President Beyron Rurich (Pernell Roberts). Caught in the middle is archaeologist William Bennett (Aaron Fletcher), who stumbled onto Gomalk's scheme, suffered a heart attack, and has been placed under maximum security by the villain's henchmen. The IMF agents have only 24 hours to rescue Bennett and squelch Gomalk's plans--and this will require a convincingly staged assassination attempt. Written by John O'Dea and Arthur Rowe, "Operation 'Heart'" first aired October 22, 1967. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

As the Jupiter 2 continues its journey through space, Dr. Smith (Jonathan Harris) picks up a radio message, supposedly from earth. Blindly following the message (the voice on the other end is alluringly feminine!), Smith redirects the spacecraft to a strange, spectral planet controlled by robots. Almost immediately, the Robinsons are enslaved by the metallic aliens--while their own Robot, incapacitated by a ray gun, is unable to come to the rescue. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

While on a fishing vacation, Perry (Raymond Burr) rescues novelist Diana Carter (Bonnie Jones) from a watery grave. He must then save Diana from a charge of being an accomplice in a $50,000 jewel theft. And THEN, it's up to Perry to clear the girl on a charge of murdering Addison Powell. A forged note, hidden somewhere in a sunken yacht, is the vital piece of evidence on this occasion. "The Case of the Impetuous Imp" is based on Erle Stanley Gardner's novel The Case of the Negilgent Nymph, previously filmed under that title for Perry Mason's first season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

John McGiver stars as ex-Navy man Roswell G. Flemington, who insists upon running his business, and his home, in strict maritime fashion. This includes an abundance of loud noises -- whistles, bells, cannon shots, and military music -- because Flemington, like nature, abhors a vaccuum. His obsession with noise costs Flemington his wife (Penny Singleton) and his sanity, though not necessarily in that order. Written Rod Serling, "Sounds and Silences" was networkcast only once, on April 3, 1964; because of a legal squabble with another writer, the episode was removed from the Twilight Zone syndicated package, remaining unseen until 1984, when it was included in a two-hour Twilight Zone anniversary package. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

A familiar old sitcom ploy is given a new twist in this episode. After being accidentally struck on the head with a wrench, Uncle Martin (Ray Walston) suffers from total amnesia. This of course means that, among other things, he refuses to believe that he's a 450-year-old visitor from Mars! Tim (Bill Bixby) races against time to restore Martin's memory so that he can link up with a rocket expert who may be able to help him return to his home planet. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide